What is Apprentice?

Legal Definition

Person, contracts. A person bound in due form of law to a master, to learn from him his art, trade or business, and to serve him during the time of his apprenticeship. (q. v.) 1 Bl. Com. 426; 2 Kent, Com. 211; 3 Rawle, Rep. 307; Chit. on Ap. 4 T. R. 735; Bouv. Inst. Index, h. t.

2. Formerly the name of apprentice en la ley was given indiscriminately to all students of law. In the reign of Edward IV. they were sometimes called apprentice ad barras. And in some of the ancient law writers, the term apprentice and barrister are synonymous. 2 Inst. 214; Eunom. Dial, 2, 53, p. 155.

-- Bouviers Law Dictionary

Legal Definition

A person, usually a minor, bound in due form of law to a master, to learn from -him his art, trade or business, and to serve him during the time of his apprenticeship. 1 Bl. Comm. 426 ; 2 Kent, Comm. 211; 4 Term, 735. Altemus v. Ely, 3 Rawle (Pat) 307; In re Goodenough, 19 Wis. 274; Phelps v. Railroad Co., 99 Pa. 113; Lyon v. Whitemore, 3 N. J. Law, 845. See Apprentice en la ley.

-- Black's Law Dictionary

Legal Definition

One bound by contract to the service of another and who receives instruction in a trade therefor. See 3 N. J. L. 422.